https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53032664
US President Donald Trump is
postponing his first post-coronavirus lockdown election rally in Tulsa,
Oklahoma so it does not fall on a holiday commemorating the end of US
slavery.
He tweeted that the 19 June rally would be held a day later out of respect for the occasion, known as Juneteenth.
The choice of date had drawn criticism amid nationwide anti-racism protests.
The location was also controversial, as Tulsa saw one of the worst massacres of black people in US history in 1921.
Up
to 300 people died when a white mob attacked the prosperous black
neighbourhood of Greenwood, known as the "Black Wall Street", with guns
and explosives. About 1,000 businesses and homes were also destroyed.
So Trump did the right thing and rescheduled. Except immediate condemnation for having picked that date in the first place and having scheduled a rally in the middle of the CoVID pandemic next.
ReplyDeletethat is not what happened. he first said his rallies are also celebrations
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